# NTSB investigations, AZ: Loss of control on ground

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

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## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA338.md): Ccx-2000-0007 CCX-2000 · Colorado City, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · Sep 10, 2026 · N260CC · Substantial damage
- [NTSB WPR26LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA187.md): Cirrus Design SR20 · Sedona, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 12, 2026 · N806DM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control due to a plastic foreign object jammed in the rudder pedals, while landing with a gusting left crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA138.md): Boeing A75N1 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 21, 2026 · N5045V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR26LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA134.md): Zlin Aviation Sro Savage CUB-S · Young, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 20, 2026 · N9111 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees during landing.
- [NTSB WPR26LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA080.md): Fairchild SA227-AC · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Jan 13, 2026 · N370AE · Substantial damage
  > On January 13, 2026, about 0624 mountain standard time, a Fairchild SA227-AC airplane, N370AE, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC), Prescott, Arizona. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was…
- [NTSB WPR26LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA042.md): Cessna 150 · Marana, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 9, 2025 · N6495T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper starting procedure which resulted in the airplane’s unexpected movement and subsequent impact with an airport fence.
- [NTSB WPR26LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA028.md): Cessna 305 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 18, 2025 · N4584N · Substantial damage
  > A worn tailwheel steering mechanism, which resulted in a locked tailwheel and a ground loop during a landing roll.
- [NTSB WPR26LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA017.md): Cessna 185C · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 10, 2025 · N5806T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a left crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR26LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA007.md): Piper PA-30 · Gila Bend, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 6, 2025 · N8678Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper throttle input and failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.
- [NTSB WPR25LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA248.md): De Havilland DHC-6-300 · Whitmore, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Aug 9, 2025 · N189GC · Substantial damage
  > On August 9, 2025, about 1240 Pacific daylight time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300, N189GC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Whitmore, Arizona. Six passengers sustained minor injuries, and the captain, first officer and remaining…
- [NTSB WPR25LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA206.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Page, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 7, 2025 · N9019D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB ANC25LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA049.md): Cessna 180J · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 8, 2025 · N605NB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in variable and gusty wind, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR25LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA057.md): Bellanca 7GCBC · Glendale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 9, 2024 · N36249 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll..
- [NTSB WPR25LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA044.md): Aviat A-1B · Show Low, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 19, 2024 · N705AB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff.
- [NTSB WPR24LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA297.md): Flight Design Ctls · Saint Johns, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 1, 2024 · N116MJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB WPR24LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA191.md): Cessna 172S · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 18, 2024 · N17304 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing following an aborted takeoff which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch.
- [NTSB WPR24LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA118.md): American Legend AL18 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 28, 2024 · N458RS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB WPR24LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA097.md): Mark G Ellingson Kitfox IV · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 14, 2024 · N25EN · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB WPR24LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA077.md): Dennis Smith Eclipse 10 · Yuma, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 17, 2024 · N70WP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to takeoff with low rotor RPM and his subsequent loss of control.
- [NTSB WPR24LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA061.md): Glasair SH2 · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 26, 2023 · N29TT · Substantial damage
  > Loss of directional control during landing due to an improperly constructed and maintained tailwheel locking assembly.
- [NTSB WPR24LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA015.md): Boeing A75N1(PT17) · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 12, 2023 · N4777V · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR23LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA195.md): Aviat A-1B · Mobile, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 21, 2023 · N108AM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a runway excursion and nose over.
- [NTSB WPR23LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA171.md): Cessna 170B · Queen Creek, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 29, 2023 · N2207D · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with a dust devil after landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.
- [NTSB WPR23LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA164.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 22, 2023 · N4402A · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB WPR23LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA148.md): Piper PA-28-180 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 9, 2023 · N9366J · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB WPR23LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA132.md): Fay David Velocity Elite · Bullhead City, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 17, 2023 · N2214W · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper landing during crosswind conditions and the flight instructor’s failure to take remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control.
- [NTSB WPR23LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA096.md): Cessna 170 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 23, 2023 · N9534A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll out and the preexisting fatigue cracks in the left main landing gear leg, which resulted in the leg’s premature overstress fracture during the ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR23LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA135.md): Cessna 172M · Skull Valley, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 21, 2023 · N92570 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in a crosswind.
- [NTSB WPR23LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA075.md): American Champion 8GCBC · Payson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 26, 2022 · N749PJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR23LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA085.md): Auto-Gyro Cavalon · Benson, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 19, 2022 · N518DT · Substantial damage
  > A loss of directional control on takeoff, which resulted in the collapse of the nose wheel strut and a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR23LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA071.md): Piper PA28 · San Manual, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 18, 2022 · N4144P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing which, resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR23LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA064.md): Arado-Flugzeugwerke FW190 A-5 · Casa Grande, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 9, 2022 · N190DK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB WPR23LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA028.md): Eclipse Aerospace EA500 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Nov 4, 2022 · N150NE · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly align the right brake wheel speed transducer, which rendered the right wheel brake ineffective during landing, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to follow the correct procedures to restore braking action during the…
- [NTSB WPR23LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA023.md): Mooney M20E · Marble Canyon, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 15, 2022 · N6031Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during a takeoff from a rough, narrow runway, resulting in an aborted takeoff and subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR23LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA015.md): Aeroprakt Manufacturing SP Zoo A22LS · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 15, 2022 · N270L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing with a wind gust, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.
- [NTSB WPR22LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA318.md): Leon E Everett Carbon CUB EX · Maricopa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 27, 2022 · N628LE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during landing with a crosswind and the use of excessive braking application, which resulted in a nose over.
- [NTSB WPR22LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA234.md): Cessna 140 · Prescott, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 27, 2022 · N2809N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot receiving instructions failure to maintain directional during the takeoff ground roll and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision.
- [NTSB WPR22LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA176.md): Piper PA-18 · Tucson, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 10, 2022 · N1272A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB WPR22LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA170.md): Piper PA22/135 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 2, 2022 · N3390A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR22LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA175.md): Cessna 177 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 16, 2022 · N2837X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB WPR22LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA146.md): Robinson Helicopter R22 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 7, 2022 · N19VH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control while on the ground when his attention was diverted, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.
- [NTSB WPR22LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA147.md): Cessna 172N · Tuscon, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 6, 2022 · N733EJ · Substantial damage
  > The loss of directional control during the landing roll, due to missing hardware which resulted in the separation of the nose landing gear torque links.
- [NTSB WPR22LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA108.md): Kitfox S7 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 20, 2022 · N1248 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR22LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA091.md): Cessna A185F · Gila Bend, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 1, 2022 · N185DG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll
- [NTSB WPR22LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA088.md): Extra Flugzeugbau EA 300/L · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 13, 2022 · N203EX · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the right brake due to the separation of the brake pad from the brake assembly. Also causal was the improper maintenance of the airplane, which resulted in the use of a brake pad that was inappropriate for the airplane make and model.
- [NTSB WPR21LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA207.md): Cessna TU206 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 21, 2021 · XBBLB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after an encounter with a windshear during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB WPR21LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA177.md): Cessna 182J · Sedona, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 25, 2021 · N288GF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a collision with a fuel truck and a parked airplane.
- [NTSB WPR21LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA168.md): Davis Donald M Bushby Mustang II · Maricopa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 20, 2021 · N284ND · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff with a quartering right tailwind.
- [NTSB WPR21LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA160.md): Piper PA-22-160 · Cottonwood, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 15, 2021 · N3551Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR21LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA135.md): Aviat A-1C-200 · Carefree, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 19, 2021 · N43LL · Substantial damage
  > The substandard installation of the airplane’s autopilot system hardware, which resulted in a malfunction of the rudder control system during flight and a loss of directional control during the landing roll.

Next page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?state=AZ&page=2

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'AZ' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '230' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent"))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence?state=AZ

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